P-01
Cam-Lok & cable feeder runs
Series E Cam-Lok feeder from the venue tie-in to FOH, monitors, lighting, and rigging distros. Hand-coiled, hand-numbered, tested per pull.
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Briley Stage Power Co.
Vol. III · No. 2
May–Jun 2026 · Nashville
May–Jun 2026 · Nashville
A Programme-Book of Touring Power · since 2017
A six-hand road shop turning out feeder, distro & gens for the Southeast tour route.
Cam-Lok & cable laid by hand. Distros built to NEC Article 525. Gensets paralleled with Woodward gear. Stage-rigging electrical by ETCP card. Twenty-eight tours and three hundred and forty-one performance days last cycle — out of one bay on Cowan Street, on the East Bank of the Cumberland.
Production credits · 2025–26 cycle, current to 22 May 2026
| Ref | Date | Production | Venue · Locale | Scope | Lead | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRD-2026-058 | 22 May 2026 | Brooks & Mavericks · Southern Pavement Tour | Bridgestone Arena · Nashville, TN | Feeder 800A · 4× PD24 distro · paralleled 100 kW backup | R. Driskill | Closed |
| PRD-2026-057 | 15–17 May 2026 | Old Crow Medicine Show · Almanac Run | The Ryman Auditorium · Nashville, TN | House tie + 1× PD12 distro · cue-call lighting electrician on the deck | M. Okonkwo-St.Clair | Closed |
| PRD-2026-056 | 09 May 2026 | NPR Music Tiny Desk Field Recording | Eastside Bowl · Madison, TN | Broadcast remote · UPS-fed 60A audio isolation · TVSS | E. Singh-Hartley | Closed |
| PRD-2026-055 | 02–04 May 2026 | TPAC Mainstage · Spring Repertory | Andrew Jackson Hall · TPAC · Nashville, TN | House panel audit · 4-circuit dimmer reroute · MA3 power-rack swap | R. Driskill | Closed |
| PRD-2026-054 | 26 Apr 2026 | South Main Street Festival | South Main · Memphis, TN | NEC 525 temp service · 200A feeder × 3 stages · paralleled Multiquip DCA-150 | M. Okonkwo-St.Clair | Closed |
| PRD-2026-053 | 04–06 Jun 2026 | CMA Fest · Day-Stage Power Plan | Ascend Amphitheater & Riverfront · Nashville, TN | Eight stages · 1,200A aggregate · Honda EU7000is back-feed; advance in pre-prod | R. Driskill | In advance |
| PRD-2026-052 | 11–14 Jun 2026 | Bonnaroo Day-Stage Loadout Support | Great Stage Park · Manchester, TN | Tie-in audit · spare-feeder cache · 24h on-call | E. Singh-Hartley | In advance |
| PRD-2026-051 | 22 Jun 2026 | Music City Center · NAB Tour Tech Loadout | Music City Center · Nashville, TN | Broadcast remote · isolated technical power · headend ground audit | R. Driskill | Advance |
Department · 01
Protocols — what the shop actually does
Touring is a finite list. We work feeder, distros, paralleled gensets, rigging-class circuits, broadcast technical power, and NEC 525 temporary service. Anything outside that — house wiring, residential service, EV chargers — we refer out to the Nashville locals we trust. Below is the catalog as a programme-book Table of Contents; the full index sits at /protocols/.
P-02
Distro builds & rentals
Rack-mount and roadcase distros for 100A through 400A 3-phase service. Edison, L6, twist-lock, Socapex 19-pin outputs. Phase rotation tested before every load-in.
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P-03
Generator paralleling
Two- and three-set paralleled diesel banks, kW & kVAR sharing tuned at the easYgen. Switched-neutral grounding to NEC Article 250 and IEEE 142.
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P-04
Stage-rigging electrical
Rigged-position circuits — motors, fixtures, follow-spots, hanging audio. Strain relief, separation from rigging hardware, lockout-tagout on every pick.
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P-05
Broadcast remote power
Trucks, OB vans, headend infrastructure for live broadcast and field recording. Audio isolation transformers, ground-loop audit, surge.
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P-06
Festival temporary service
Multi-stage festival temp power. Pole-mount disconnects, GFCI on every public-accessible receptacle, daily readings logged.
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Department · 02
From the tour archive — featured this issue
Each tour is filed as a programme-book centerfold with a node-link distro diagram, a stage plot, a cue-by-cue power log, and a credits card. Four are featured in this issue; the rest sit at /tours/.
From the editor
“If you can name the cable you laid this morning, count the breakers you set, time-stamp every cue-out, and walk the venue with the AHJ before doors — the show goes. Everything else is talk.”
— R. Driskill, on-call dispatch · read the Editor’s Letter
Plate · 01
The feeder graph — house service to fixture, every cable named
Every show begins with a topology drawing: where the venue’s service comes in, how the 4/0 feeder is split at the head-end distro, which leg feeds lighting, which audio, which video. We render every advance as a node-link diagram patterned on WaterwayMap.org’s topological view of river networks — the venue’s service is the trunk; the distros are the confluences; branch circuits are the rills. It is the same physics, drawn the same way.
Advance the next tour
Have a tour rolling through the Southeast?
Send an advance and we’ll book a walk-through.
We answer dispatch 24 hours. Booking is by tour advance, not by web form — send your stage plot, rider, gauge plan, and load-in window. Walk-throughs at the venue with the AHJ before tie-in.
Dispatch · 615 · 555 · 0418 · dispatch@briley-stage.example